The Great Gatsby

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*Yesterday we got a start on The Great Gatsby essay.  I asked you to continue working on it for homework whether or not you have access to Google Docs at home.  We will continue working on it in class Friday with an eye towards completing the essay.  Carefully compose your sentences and proofread your writing as you go along.

 

*The Great Gatsby -- the movie

 

HOMEWORK:  Essay on The Great Gatsby 

 

 

Essay on The Great Gatsby

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Please get your netbook when you arrive.

*Essay on The Great Gatsby  -- Today we are going to get a significant start on this essay.  The target due date is Friday.  You will have class time on Friday to complete the essay.  Please work on it at home whether or not you have access to Google Docs.  I have already given you the writing prompt.  The one I am passing out today, breaks the assignment down a little bit more. (HANDOUT)

*New Document:  Please create a new document and name it as follows:  Period ___ The Great Gatsby Essay.   THEN, share this new document with me today.  (abaltrushes@gmail.com)

Wed: Periods 1, 3, 7
Thurs: Periods 2, 4, 6 

HOMEWORK:  Essay on The Great Gatsby

Test on The Great Gatsby & Vocabulary

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*Test on The Great Gatsby

*Vocabulary Test

Work efficiently so both tests are completed by the end of the period.

*Tomorrow we will begin the essay on The Great Gatsby.  We will not be spending much time on this essay . . . but enough time to successfully complete it.

The Great Gatsby -- Chapter 9 Questions

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Please get your netbook when you arrive.

NOTE: One book review is due today published on Goodreads and submitted via the "Book Review Form for URL's" under "Important Links" on my blog.

NOTE: Test on Monday on The Great Gatsby.  Vocabulary test Monday.

*The Great Gatsby -- Chapter 9 Questions.  Please copy the following questions into your ENGLISH JOURNAL and complete by the end of the period.

Chapter 9

1.  What surprises Nick about the days following Gatsby's death?
2.  Who is Henry Gatz?  What are some of the things that he says about Gatsby as a young man.
3.   What is significant about the daily schedule that Gatsby recorded on the back 
       of Hopalong Cassidy?
 4.  What are your feelings when you learn why Klipspringer calls?
5.  What additional information about Gatsby do we learn from Nick's meeting with Wolfshiem?
6.  What is the significance of Owl Eyes attending the graveside service?
7.   Describe the contrast between the East and the Midwest that Nick describes.
8.  What does Jordan tell Nick when they meet at a later time? 
9.  What does Nick say about people like Daisy and Tom?
10.  Explain the parallel of Gatsby's dream to the American Dream?
11. Explain the last line of the novel: "So we beat on, boasts against the current, borne back ceaselessly
       into the past."
12. What did you like best about Gatsby?
13.  A descriptive line:
14.  A meaningful line:
15.  An interesting detail:

HOMEWORK: Study vocabulary

The Great Gatsby -- Chapter 9

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NOTE:  One book review is due tomorrow by class time.  Be sure to follow the rubric and to properly share the URL to your published Goodreads page by filling out the form for "Book Review URL's" under "Important Links" on my blog.

 

NOTE:  The test on The Great Gatsby will be on Monday.  This will include the vocabulary test.  We will begin the essay on Tuesday, and it will be due on Friday, May 2.

 

*The Great Gatsby  -- Chapter 9

 

 HOMEWORK:  One book review.  Study vocabulary

The Great Gatsby -- Chapter 8 Questions

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NOTE:  One book review is due by class on Friday, April 25th. Be sure to properly provide the link by filling out the form under "Important Links" on my blog.  Thank you to those of you who have already submitted your book review.

Please get your netbook when you arrive. NOTE: The test on the novel will be on Monday and we will begin the essay on Tuesday.  Complete the following assignment on Chapter 8 of The Great Gatsby:

 Chapter 8 Questions 

1.  What does Gatsby tell Nick about his past concerning Daisy?  

2.  What does Michaelis believe caused Myrtle to run?

3.  Why did Myrtle run?

4.  According to George Wilson, who can you not fool?  What is Wilson literally looking at
     when he says this?

5.  What does this symbolize?

6.  Why does Wilson believe that Gatsby killed Myrtle?

7.  What does Wilson do?

8.  A descriptive sentence:

9.  A meaningful sentence:

10.  An abstract sentence (not concrete, not easy to understand):

11.  My feelings at the end of this chapter: 

 HOMEWORK:  One book review by Friday.  Study vocabulary to The Great Gatsby.

The Great Gatsby -- Chapter 8

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Note:  One book review is due by this Friday, April 25th.  Be sure to follow the rubric and post on Goodreads. Properly share the link to your published page by filling out the form under "Important Links" on my blog.

*The Great Gatsby -- Chapter 8

(Yesterday you completed questions to Chapter 7 in your ENGLISH JOURNAL).  NOTE: there will be a test on the novel on Friday as well as the vocabulary test.

HOMEWORK: One book review by Friday.  Study vocabulary. 

The Great Gatsby -- Chapter 7 Questions

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Please get your netbook when you arrive.  Copy Chapter 7 questions into your ENGLISH JOURNAL and complete by the end of the period.

NOTE:  One book review is due this Friday, April 25.  The final test on The Great Gatsby will also be on Friday with the vocabulary test.

Chapter Seven Questions         

1.  Why does Gatsby fire all his servants?     

2.  What was Gatsby's reaction to Daisy's child?
 
3.  Daisy remarks "What'll we do with ourselves this afternoon and the day after that, and the next thirty years?"  What does this line suggest about Daisy?

4.  Why does Daisy make the suggestion to go to New York?

5.  At what point does Tom suspect that something is going on between Daisy and Gatsby?   

6.   How does Gatsby describe Daisy's voice when Nick says, "She's got an indiscreet voice."

7.   What does Tom learn when they stop at Wilson's garage for gas? 

8.    Explain what takes place at the Plaza Hotel in New York.

9.    What happens on the way home from New York?

10.  What is the true relationship between Daisy and Tom?

HOMEWORK: One book review to be completed by Friday.  Study vocabulary.


 

The Great Gatsby -- Chapter 7

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NOTE: One book review is due by next Friday, April 25th.  Be sure to follow the rubric.

EXTRA CREDIT assignment:  Write about Gatsby (or another character like Daisy).  The poem should be a minimum of 20 lines. I already have had one turned in,and it is very clever!  

*The Great Gatsby -- Chapter 7

HOMEWORK:  Book review.  Study vocabulary to The Great Gatsby.

The Great Gatsby -- Chapter 7

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NOTE:  One book review on Goodreads is due by April 25th.  Be sure to follow the rubric.  I am ready to start receiving these reviews. Fill out the book review form under "Important Links" on my blog.

*Essay assignment to The Great Gatsby --  I am giving the assignment to you today so you can start thinking about what you will be writing.

*Extra Credit Assignment: Write a poem of at least 20 lines about 

  about Gatsby. 

*The final test on the novel will be at the end of next week -- at least that is what I am aiming for. This will also include the vocabulary test.   STUDY the words!

*Review of Chapter 6 questions.

*The Great Gatsby --  Chapter 7

Homework: One book review is due by April 25th.  Study vocabulary to The Great Gatsby.

                            

The Great Gatsby -- Chapter 6 Questions

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Please get your netbook when you arrive.  Log in and then give me your attention.  Put your personal electronic devices completely away.

*Regarding the Cadillac ad from yesterday (especially since it has direct relevance to the chapter we just read in The Great Gatsby):

Cadillac Clears up Misconceptions

Please copy the following questions into your English Journal and complete by the end of the period:

CHAPTER 6 QUESTIONS

1.  What is Gatsby's real history?  Where is he from and what is his name?
2.  What idea did Gatsby have about himself?
3.  Why did Gatsby drop out of college?
4.  What did Dan Cody do for Gatsby?  What is Dan Cody's significance to Gatsby?
5.  What is the significance of the scene with the Sloane's and Tom who stop by Gatsby's for a drink?
6.  What is Daisy's opinion of Gatsby's party?  How does this affect him?
7.  What does Gatsby want from Daisy?
8.  Record a line from the last two pages of Chapter 6 that is especially meaningful.  Explain its meaning/significance. 
9.  Record another line that caught your attention.
10. Record another line that caught your attention. 


HOMEWORK:  Your one book review is due by April 25th.  Study the vocabulary to The Great Gatsby.

The Great Gatsby -- Chapter 6

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*Note: please be mindful of completing a book review of your independent reading by April 25, the end of the grading period.

*The three articles from Friday -- you completed a brief summary of each article on the handout provided.  Links to these articles are on my blog from Friday (April 11th). 

                                                                                                 
Cadillac Poolside Ad

Ford's Response to Cadillac Ad


The Great Gatsby --  Chapter 6

HOMEWORK:  Independent Reading.  Study vocabulary to The Great Gatsby.
 

The Great Gatsby -- Articles

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*NOTE:  You will go directly to the library on Monday for testing.

                Periods 1 & 2 report to the library at 7:30

                             Periods 3 & 4 report to the library at 9:34

                Period 7 report to the library at 12:30 (instead of going

                to your period 6 class)

*The Great Gatsby  -- before we resume our reading of the novel, I would like us to take a look at three articles.  Please click on the links below.  ASSIGNMENT:  Read the article and then briefly summarize the main ideas of the article.  I am providing a handout for that instead of responding in your English Journal.


*"Class and the American Dream"

*"When the Rich-Poor Gap Widens, . . . "

*"It Didn't End Well Last Time" 

Homework: Independent Reading.  Study vocabulary to The Great Gatsby. 

The Great Gatsby -- Chapter 5

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NOTE: Testing on Monday. Today I am going to give you your state-issued ID number.  Please write it down in your planner.

Please get your netbook when you arrive.  Copy the following questions into your ENGLISH JOURNAL and complete by the end of the period.  Be sure to put your answers in a different text color and skip the appropriate space between each question. ALSO, include the chapter number.

The Great Gatsby -- Chapter 5

1.  Describe the meeting between Gatsby and Daisy.

2.  Explain the following line: "Americans, while occasionally willing to be serfs, have always been obstinate about being peasantry."
3.  How long did it take Gatsby to make the money to buy the mansion?
4.  How does Gatsby reply when Nick asks him what business he is in?

5.  What did Gatsby do to impress Daisy?

6.  What had the green light on the dock meant to Gatsby?

7.  What does the following line mean:  "There must have been moments even that afternoon when Daisy  tumbled short of his dreams -- not through her own fault, but because of the colossal vitality of his illusion."

8.  What aspect of Daisy could not be over-dreamed?
9.  What moral issues are raised in this novel?
10.  If you could arrange to have tea with anyone in the world (living or dead), who would it be and why?

HOMEWORK:  Independent Reading.  Study vocabulary to The Great Gatsby.

     

The Great Gatsby -- Chapter 5

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NOTE:  How are you doing with your study of the vocabulary to The Great Gatsby?  Upon our completion of the novel, there will be a test on the vocabulary.  Studying these words has been a standing homework assignment.  There will also be a final test on the novel.

*The Great Gatsby -- Chapter 5 (we will complete an assignment on chapter 5 tomorrow). 

HOMEWORK: Independent reading.  Study vocabulary to The Great Gatsby.

 

The Great Gatsby -- Chapter 5

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*The Great Gatsby -- You have completed questions for chapters 1-4 in your ENGLISH JOURNAL.  

*Chapter 5 -- I thought that today we would vary the reading a little bit by having some student participation in the reading.  Be prepared to be called on by a classmate.

HOMEWORK: Independent Reading.  Study the vocabulary to The Great Gatsby. There will be a test on these words.

The Great Gatsby -- Chapter 4

Good Morning!  I hope that you had a really enjoyable Spring Break and are ready to get back to work!

Please get your netbook when you arrive.

NOTE: The end of the grading period is April 25th.  Be sure to be reading your independent reading book so that you will be ready to write a review by that time.

*The Great Gatsby -- Chapter 4.  Copy the following questions into your ENGLISH JOURNAL and complete.

 Chapter 4 of The Great Gatsby

1.   What irony is conveyed in the first two paragraphs of Chapter 4?

2.   What is at least one impression that you get about all the various people that attended Gatsby's 

       parties?  (Nick provides a long list of these people at the beginning of Chapter 4).

3.   What does Gatsby tell Nick about himself?

4.   Why does Gatsby give this background history of himself to Nick?
5.   Who is Wolfshiem?
6.   What does Wolfshiem tell Nick about Gatsby?
7.   What is an interesting detail about Wolfshiem?
8.   What does Jordan tell Nick about Daisy, Gatsby, and Tom?
9.   A line that describes Gatsby: ____________________________________
10. A line that describes Gatsby: ____________________________________
    

HOMEWORK:  Independent reading book.  Study vocabulary.